Banca de DEFESA: ANA MARIA JERONIMO SOARES

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STUDENT : ANA MARIA JERONIMO SOARES
DATE: 26/02/2022
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: VIDEOCONFERÊNCIA (https://meet.google.com/nfc-zuiz-jnv?hs=224)
TITLE:

Does Affirmative Actions for Access to Higher Education Stimulate Minority
Entrepreneurship? An empirical Analysis from a Brazilian University

KEY WORDS:

Affirmative Actions. Bonus. Minority Entrepreneurship. Access to
University. Entrepreneurial Behavior.

PAGES: 103
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Administração
SUMMARY:

The impact of Affirmative Actions (AA) for access to higher education is on the agenda
around the world, as such policies encourage the schooling of minority groups and
affect the lives of historically disadvantaged individuals. In this perspective, attending
university increases the access of minorities to Research and Development (R&D), as
well as to diversity and innovation, which can be a relevant factor in the idealization of

enterprises. However, there is little empirical evidence about the effect of attending an
excellent university on the probability of becoming an entrepreneur. Thus, the aim of
this study is to assess whether the bonus (additional score) for admission to a Brazilian
university is positively related to the probability of an individual starting a new
business. The policy analyzed consists of the Argument for Inclusion (AI) of the
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), which added 10% to the grade in
the selection process for students from public schools until 2012. As an analysis
strategy, the Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) method was used in a dataset that
combines the application to UFRN between 2010 and 2012 with information on
opening and partnership in companies, made available from the Brazilian Federal
Revenue until 2021 (covering the period to starting at UFRN course and considering up
to five years after graduation), and the Relação Anual de Informações Sociais (RAIS
2017) from the Ministry of Labor and Employment. In summary, there were no
statistically significant effects of attending UFRN, benefiting from the policy, on the
probability of undertaking. However, by restricting the analysis from year on year, the
coefficients change only for 2010, having, therefore, a significant negative effect,
indicating that those benefited by the policy who joined UFRN in that year present a
reduction in the probability of undertaking. Furthermore, the results of an additional
analysis show that eligible candidates who entered university through politics,
specifically males, had an increase in years of education and in the probability of
completing college, so academic training can generate future prospects of formal jobs,
increasing the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship.

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